{"id":63025,"date":"2024-01-10T10:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthcaredesignmagazine.com\/?p=63025"},"modified":"2024-01-10T15:58:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T20:58:34","slug":"elisha-m-lorenzi-of-eml-interiors-llc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthcaredesignmagazine.com\/trends\/perspectives\/elisha-m-lorenzi-of-eml-interiors-llc\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisha M. Lorenzi Of EML Interiors LLC"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Elisha

Elisha M. Lorenzi (Headshot credit: Hocking Hills Portraits)<\/p><\/div>\n

The owner of EML Interiors LLC<\/a> (Lancaster, Ohio) shares the design revelation from her first project, a stress-relieving item on her desk, and what career she\u2019d rock if she wasn\u2019t an interior designer.<\/p>\n

What drew you to a career in interior design for the healthcare sector?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I always wanted to be an interior designer, but it wasn\u2019t until my internship at architecture and planning firm Karlsberger, in Columbus, Ohio, that I realized healthcare design would be my passion. That summer internship ended up evolving into a full-time interior designer position. Working with Lisa Frasure, a senior interior designer at the firm, forever changed the direction of my design career, showing me the importance and the impact healthcare designers can make in this world.\u00a0She\u2019s still my mentor, 24 years later.<\/p>\n

What was your first healthcare project? <\/strong><\/p>\n

The McConnell Heart Hospital and Emergency Department at OhioHealth\u2014Riverside Methodist Hospital<\/a>, in Columbus, Ohio. The building design focused primarily on reducing the time when a patient arrived with chest pains in the emergency department and vertically transporting them to the cardiac catheterization lab.<\/p>\n

What lesson from that project do you still carry with you today?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The importance of installing resilient sheet flooring down long corridors in the order the rolls were manufactured. The dye lots can vary throughout production, and putting together two pieces that were made at different times of the production process can create a visible difference in color in the flooring.<\/p>\n

Three healthcare design projects and your role <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Knox

Knox Community Hospital, specialty infusion clinic (Image credit: Hocking Hills Portraits)<\/p><\/div>\n

1 Knox Community Hospital, specialty infusion clinic, Mount Vernon, Ohio, lead interior designer.<\/p>\n

2 Lima Memorial Health System, welcome center, Lima, Ohio, lead interior designer.<\/p>\n

3 West Virginia University Medicine\u2014Reynolds Memorial Hospital, behavioral health unit, Glen Dale, W. Va., lead interior designer.<\/p>\n

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What do you like best about working in healthcare design?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The opportunity to work in all types of spaces. It\u2019s like a mini city under an enormous roof. A typical day is never finishing your to-do list. Every day is full of dedication with some challenges, but you\u2019re always advocating for the best possible healing environment for the patients and a supportive space for the staff and families.<\/p>\n

What challenges about your work keep you up at night?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My non-stop designing brain. Turning it off is almost impossible, especially when deadlines are approaching.<\/p>\n

\"\"An unexpected item on your desk <\/strong><\/p>\n

My mini-Himalayan salt rock lamp is always on. Anything that brings me health benefits while working on my computer all day is a bonus.<\/p>\n

Outside the office, we\u2019ll likely find you \u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

At the gym doing CrossFit.<\/p>\n

\"Iris

Iris and Ophelia (Image credit: Elisha Lorenzi)<\/p><\/div>\n

Dog or cat? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I love them both the same. I have two dogs (Iris and Ophelia) and two cats (Jasmine and Violet). If it was possible to rescue every dog I see on Facebook that needs a home, I would.<\/p>\n

Coffee or tea? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Coffee in the car on an early day of travel.<\/p>\n

Morning person or night owl? <\/strong><\/p>\n

100 percent night owl. I have to get a lot of little things out of the way throughout the day before I can really sit and focus. After dinner is my most productive time to work.<\/p>\n

Fashion trend you think should make a comeback <\/strong><\/p>\n

Colors by Benetton perfume.<\/p>\n

How did you make your first dollar<\/strong><\/p>\n

My first job was at Lerner of New York in Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Ill., as a sales associate with my friends in high school. Then we moved to Express a few stores down.<\/p>\n

Your go-to karaoke song <\/strong><\/p>\n

If I had the courage and the voice, I\u2019d sing \u201cTake My Breath Away\u201d by Berlin.<\/p>\n

First album you ever bought<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAchtung Baby\u201d by U2.<\/p>\n

Cocktail of choice <\/strong><\/p>\n

Cosmopolitan with extra cranberry juice.<\/p>\n

Your hidden talent <\/strong><\/p>\n

Driving a manual car.<\/p>\n

If you weren\u2019t an interior designer, you would be \u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The person who greets and handles the visiting bands or inductees at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Favorite \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Movie character<\/strong> Harris K. Telemacher in \u201cL.A. Story.\u201d He says exactly what you\u2019re thinking but also finds love when least expected.<\/p>\n

\u00a0S<\/strong>how to binge watch<\/strong> \u201cWhat We Do in the Shadows.\u201d Each episode is written so well portraying centuries-old vampires trying to navigate the modern world in relatable, absurd, and hilarious situations.<\/p>\n

W<\/strong>eekend activity<\/strong> Currently it\u2019s homework for my master\u2019s program at Columbus College of Art & Design<\/a> (Columbus, Ohio) in user experience (UX) design, which I started last fall.<\/p>\n

B<\/strong>and and\/musical artist<\/strong> Toad the Wet Sprocket.<\/p>\n

G<\/strong>uilty pleasure<\/strong> Cheesecake.<\/p>\n

S<\/strong>nack when you travel<\/strong> Soft pretzel and a Coke.<\/p>\n

S<\/strong>port<\/strong> Golf.<\/p>\n

T<\/strong>eam<\/strong> Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n

P<\/strong>odcast <\/strong>\u201cHow I Built This\u201d by Guy Raz. Each episode highlights one business or company and interviews the person who started it from a single vision. It\u2019s inspiring to listen to.<\/p>\n

City to visit<\/strong> Los Angeles, whenever I can, to visit my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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